Media Coverage

10/29/2009		Bots for Seniors "...But now, just thirty years after the book, Loufbourrow is getting back into robotics, joining Bedford-based iRobot Corp. to lead a new business unit called iRobot Healthcare..." more The Boston Globe — Scott Kirsner
10/28/2009		Robots that Care "Rodney Brooks, Mataric’s mentor at M.I.T. and a former director of its artificial-intelligence program, is a pioneer in designing robots that function independently in unstructured environments." more The New Yorker — Jerome Groopman
10/26/2009		Beat the Clock: How Companies Can Use Time to their Competitive Advantage ..."One simple approach is to help people get more than one thing done at a time. The Roomba vacuum from iRobot Corp., for instance, seeks to get the time-cost associated with the use of a vacuum down to zero..." more The Wall Street Journal — Paul F. Nunes, Geoffrey Godbey, H. James Wilson
10/25/2009		The Battle Against IEDs ..."The Pentagon has tested just about every technology imaginable against improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, which have plagued US and coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan." more The New York Post — Sharon Weinberger
10/6/2009		Talking Techie CareerTV pays a visit to iRobot headquarters in Bedford, MA. more CareerTV — Staff
10/4/2009		Learning from the Pros: Colin Angle Colin Angle, iRobot Chairman and CEO, appears on MSNBC's "Learning from the Pros". more MSNBC — Staff
10/2/2009		Robot for Cleaning Shop Floors "The iRobot Dirt Dog offers an interesting twist on the shop vacuum." more Reader's Digest (blog) — Jim Stapleton
9/27/2009		Building Interest "New England is a leader for programs aimed at getting kids involved in math and science. But, compared with the rest of the nation at least, our kids don’t seem be participating." more The Boston Globe — Scott Kirsner
9/25/2009		The Friday Five: Coolest Companies in Boston "Every Friday, I post a list of five things here, and invite you to build on the list by adding more in the comment section. This Friday, it's the coolest, most innovative companies in the Boston area." more The Boston Globe — Scott Kirsner
9/21/2009		Momdot wins $10,000 for Charity "A few months back, I was invited up to iRobot in Boston to work with iRobot on a LeadHer challenge. They were reaching out to some online community women to host a contest where our communities would generate “ingenious” ideas." more Momdot.com — Trisha
9/15/2009		2009 Gartner & 1to1 Customer Award Winners: Enterprise CRM "Don't let iRobot's technical bent fool you. The company's main purpose is all about people." more 1to1 Media — Jeremy Nedelka
9/12/2009		Eight Robots That Do All Of The Gross Jobs You Hate "Who...wants to clean their gutters? Thanks to iRobot you don’t have to deal with the gross sludge that’s so hard to clean out." more GIZMODO — Sean Fallon
9/1/2009		Tech vs. Terrorism "For every threat to the homeland, there’s a business that has a technology waiting in the wings to counter a would-be terrorist’s moves." more National Defense Magazine — Stew Magnuson and Katie Breitbach
8/27/2009		25 Best Back-to-School Gadgets "Can't be bothered with sweeping the floor of your dorm room? We understand — you've got other priorities." more TIME Magazine — Ben Patterson
8/24/2009		Makers of Military Drones Take Off "Unmanned U.S. aircraft have not only transformed the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan, but now are altering the defense-industry landscape, as well." more The Wall Street Journal — August Cole
8/21/2009		Army to Create Jobs in Warren Expansion "While Detroiters have been transfixed by the government-led bankruptcy sagas of General Motors and Chrysler this past year, Uncle Sam has also been quietly and steadily pumping lots of jobs and investment into the U.S. Army's complex in Warren..." more Detroit Free Press — Tom Walsh
8/16/2009		Robots Make Themselves At Home "Find out the latest in home-cleaning technology and more..." more ZDNet Asia — Jonathan Skillings
8/14/2009		Unmanned Vehicle Convention CBS News' Fernando Suarez reports on the largest exhibition of unmanned vehicles and robots, ranging from military drones to vacuum cleaners. more CBS News — Staff
8/11/2009		A Soldier's Eye in the Sky "The soldiers crouched beneath the blazing desert sun, waiting to burst into the villages in conditions similar to those they have encountered in Iraq and Afghanistan." more The New York Times — Christopher Drew
8/6/2009		When it Comes to Robots, We're Brainless "What if I'm wrong about AI and robotics? What if we really DO need to be worried—right now? I've been covering robotics for years, but I don't actually work in the industry. So, I decided to talk to someone who does. Colin Angle is Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of iRobot." more PC Magazine — Lance Ulanoff
8/3/2009		iRobot Pushes Robots Into New Territory "The war in Iraq drove rapid acquisition of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), primarily to deal with the threat of improvised explosive devices. But the shift of operations from Iraq to Afghanistan is driving a shift in the demands on robots..." more Defense Systems — Sean Gallagher
7/21/2009		Army Tests Weapons Systems Geared to the 20-Something Video Gamer "...the Army tests combat systems that can trace their origins to the Roomba vacuum cleaner and the X-Box video game..." more nextgov — Bob Brewin
7/17/2009		Teaching Workshop Boosts STEM "While their students were free to enjoy the mid-80 degree weather early in their summer vacations, 48 educators from schools across Massachusetts gathered in a classroom at iRobot Corp. in Bedford..." more Mass High Tech — Lynette F. Cornell
6/20/2009		The Fur's Flying with the New Pooch "Lots of cleaning products are now available to help you rid yourself and your home of free-flying pet hair." more The Miami Herald — Dr. Patty Khuly
6/14/2009		Science Center's 'roboworld' Displays Real and Famous Robots in Traveling Exhibit "The robots have taken over Carnegie Science Center." more Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Adrian McCoy
6/4/2009		With a Little Help... "Floor-cleaning machines capable of responding to their environment were among the first commercially available domestic products worthy of being called robots. The best known is the Roomba, made by iRobot." more The Economist — Staff
5/20/2009		The Future of Robots: Prepare to Be Underwhelmed "I told the kids about the most successful consumer robot—the iRobot Roomba. The robot vacuum continues to sell well, especially overseas..." more PCMAG.COM — Lance Ulanoff
5/19/2009		iRobot Rolls Out One-Pound Machine, Ready to Swarm "iRobot has built over 2,000 machines for the military. Most of ‘em are 50 pounds plus, and more than three feet long. But, lately, the company has been working on an itty-bitty version of its Packbot reconnaissance machine — one that weighs less than a pound, and is about the size of a paperback book." more Danger Room (Wired blog) — Noah Shachtman
5/8/2009		IRobot Switches Gears to Focus on Cost-Efficiency "IRobot Corp.’s first-quarter results got it some Street cred. Stock prices shot up about 20 percent in the week after the company released its quarterly figures in late April." more Boston Business Journal — Mary K. Pratt
9/27/2005		Robots: ready, willing and able Cute, practical and affordable, Roomba is the first robot to hit the commercial mainstream. Some models can be programmed to operate at preset times, detect heavy dirt, sense their proximity to stairs and find their way back to a charging station. [July 2005] more Electronic Engineering Times — David Roman
7/11/2005		Roomba: A Robot Underfoot I found that it not only does the job well, it also does the job with cheerful enthusiasm. And if you don't believe me about its good cheer, listen to Roomba's chirps and see it in action on the iRobot Web site. [July 2005] more Tidbits Online — Tonya Engst
7/11/2005		A Reflection on Roomba Until we had Roomba, we would half-heartedly sweep our hardwood floors and wash them once a month. Then we got Roomba. It's a first generation unit, pretty basic, nothing special. But it has really changed the way we clean. [July 2005] more Gizmodo Online — Staff
7/6/2005		iRobot Introduces New Packbot Explorer The PackBot Explorer has new intelligent surveillance equipment, including three cameras and more flexibility to be customized with sensors and other tools. It can easily enter areas dangerous or inaccessible to humans to relay real-time video and sound. [July 2005] more C4I — Ann Roosevelt
7/6/2005		Machines mimic life at Chicago's Our soldiers love these things, Stone said, referring to iRobot's Packbot, a hundred of which are in Iraq defusing and exploding bombs. U.S. soldiers assigned to operate the $100,000 robots have even given them affectionate names. [June 2005] more Reuters UK — Andrew Stern
6/29/2005		New iRobot Packbots will better track terrorists A new-and-improved PackBot Explorer robot is expected to be unveiled today by iRobot Corp. The small robotic wonder can act like a prairie dog, lifting itself up on small flippers and extending a head to record video and take audio soundings of... [June 2005] more Boston Herald Online — Jay Fitzgerald
6/26/2005		NextFest 2005 Equipped with laser, video, and GPS capability, this unmanned, all-terrain vehicle handles some of the most hazardous soldiering - including perimeter sweeps and cave inspections. After completing a risky task, R-Gator lugs gear from point A to point B. [June 2005] more Wired — Staff
6/25/2005		iRobot Builds Toward Future Combat Systems, Future Defense Systems A boost in funding to $51 million will help robotics firm iRobot accelerate work on the next-generation Small Unmanned Ground System (SUGV) for the Army's Future Combat System (FCS), even as it expands other defense robot work. [June 2005] more Defense Daily — Ann Roosevelt
6/24/2005		Roomba Tweak for Neat Freaks Clean freaks can now wake to dust-free floors, thanks to an enhancement to the Roomba robot vacuum that starts the little picker-upper while owners are sleeping or away from home. [June 2005] more Wired News — Mark Baard
6/24/2005		Newest Roomba Cleans When You Tell It iRobot's latest Roomba, called the Roomba Scheduler, cleans when you tell it to, thanks to an integrated scheduler. [June 2005] more Design Technica — Ian Bell
6/24/2005		This week in robots Roomba is about to become far more customizable in the home. The Roomba Scheduler comes with a handheld remote control and lets people program vacuuming times and create two virtual walls. [June 2005] more CNET News Online — Steven Musil
6/24/2005		New Roomba Cleans on Schedule Along with scheduling, Roomba's cleaning algorithms have been upgraded to improve cleaning efficiency and the wiring and cleaning head design have been upgraded. [June 2005] more PC Magazine — Lance Ulanoff
6/23/2005		Trick out your Roomba The Roomba is about to become far more customizable in the home, while teams of swarming robots train for the field. [June 2005] more CNET News Online — Michael Kanellos
6/16/2005		New Model Army Soldier Rolls Closer to Battle The Pentagon predicts that robots will be a major fighting force in the American military in less than a decade... [February 2005] more New York Times — Tim Weiner
6/16/2005		Household-Friendly Electronics For those who don't enjoy mopping, IRobot--the company that gave us the vacuuming Roomba robot--in May announced it was developing the Scooba, a newfangled robot that can vacuum, scrub, and dry hardwood floors automatically. [June 2005] more PCWorld Online — Agam Shah
6/12/2005		Seersucker, a cybermop and bamboo fashion notes The Scooba, like the Roomba, it vacuums debris, but then it releases cleaning fluid and water, scrubs up the mess and -- the best part -- it then channels the dirty water into a separate chamber. It covers the floor multiple times in a 45-minute cycle whi [June 2005] more Detroit Free Press — Jackie White
6/11/2005		BOEING INCREASES CONTRACT AWARD FOR FCS UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLES The SUGV will take the place of soldiers outfitted with armor and helmets who knock down doors -- a familiar image that isn't as glamorous as it seems. [June 2005] more Inside the Army — Staff
6/6/2005		New group brings together a meeting of the minds on the robotics industry The company [iRobot] has sold more than 1 million vacuum robots, the Roomba. [June 2005] more Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England — Ethan Forman
6/4/2005		Introducing the Robomop Scooba has two tanks, one containing cleaning fluid, and a separate tank for the dirty water it sucks up. As the robot moves across the floor it first sweeps up any dirt and debris and then lays down cleaning fluid. [June 2005] more New Scientist — Staff
6/3/2005		Next up: the robotic floor washer A company [iRobot] that was one of the first on the market with a robot vacuum cleaner for private households will have the next big thing, a robot floor mop, in U.S. shops around November. [June 2005 more Deutsche Presse-Agentur — Staff
6/2/2005		iRobot co-founder comes clean For the 37-year-old Greiner, the success of the Roomba and of iRobot's military machines validates the transformation of robots from the stuff of fantasy to practical tools. [June 2005] more CNN.com International — Associated Press
6/1/2005		Automatic for the People [iRobot] almost single-handedly put personal robots into people's homes and created an industry. [June 2005] more Southwest Airlines Spirit — Michael Goldstein
6/1/2005		Table Talk: What Consumers Love to Buy and Why My favorite new thing is an iRobot Roomba Discovery at Linens 'n Things. It is great! It is a breeze to use and my floors are now much cleaner as I let it loose in at least part of the house once a day. [June 2005] more Gourmet Retailer — Michelle Moran
6/1/2005		Briefs iRobot Corp. plans to hire more engineers after an existing Army contract was boosted by 37 percent. The company, which with more than 200 employees is the world's largest firm devoted solely to robotics. [June 2005] more Lowell Sun — Staff
6/1/2005		Pink Power Roomba, that round robotic vacuum that does all the work for you, is thinking pink thanks to the new Pink Ribbon Edition. [June 2005] more Dallas Morning News — Staff